Sentetsu Teho class locomotives
| Sentetsu Teho class | |
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1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The Teho or Teou (Japanese テホ, Korean 터우) class locomotives were a group of six distinct classes of steam tender locomotives of the
Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) with 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.[1] The "Teho" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 4-6-0 wheel arrangement were called "Ten Wheeler".[2]
The first 4-6-0 steam locomotives in Korea were built for the
Pyeongwon lines.[1]
All classes of Teho type locomotives used in Korea were tender locomotives. All were fitted with driving wheels of 1,680 mm (66 in), and all had a top speed of 95 km/h (59 mph).
A total of six classes of Tehoi-type locomotives were used by Sentetsu:
Of these, the Tehoro class was the most numerous and, notably, it was the first locomotive designed entirely by Sentetsu engineers.[1]
After the
partition of Korea, of the 178 surviving locomotives of all Teho classes - including six previously owned by private railway companies - 106 went to the Korean National Railroad in the South, and 72 to the Korean State Railway in the North.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Byeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.
- ^ Colvin, Fred H. (1906). The railroad pocket-book: a quick reference cyclopedia of railroad information. New York, Derry-Collard; London, Locomotive Publishing Company (US-UK co-edition). p. L‑9.
- ^ "Korean National RR TW-1 4-6-0". donsdepot.donrossgroup.net. Retrieved 2021-06-15.